Greg Fisher and his son were so fed up after their mailbox had been smashed four times in two weeks that they set up a stakeout, and finally nailed the four teen nincompoops responsible.

“We only did this because we felt very violated and targeted by whoever was doing it,” said Greg’s wife, Kim Fisher.

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Some sons would give their eyeteeth to help out their old man.

A blind Irishman regained his sight after an unusual surgery in which doctors inserted his son’s tooth into his eye.

The technique involves creating a support for an artificial cornea. So Bob McNichol, who lost his vision in an industrial accident, was able to see again after doctors used the tooth to rebuild his eye socket in two operations.

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If it were this easy, there’d be no crime at all.

Romanian cops closed a vandalism case by concluding ghosts were to blame for the damage caused to several local houses.

Families living in Lileci reported that evil spirits were breaking windows, tossing furniture through the air, and blowing out candles.

“We find nothing to suggest it was anything other than what the people claim,” a police spokesman said.

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This guy wins the bad-luck award of the year.

An Australian armed robber ended up in traction after he tried to rob a Sydney bar where a biker gang was holding a meeting.

“I don’t think he did his homework very well,” said the club’s president, Jester. “He picked the wrong night.”

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In other Down Under news, an Australian family was horrified when they watched their family dog get swallowed whole by a 16-foot python.

Family members tried tossing plastic chairs at the reptile to get it to let the Chihuahua go. But it was too late – all that remained were the dog’s tail and hind legs sticking out of the snake’s mouth.